The Geckito SDK provides build tooling and the templates necessary for building images for your devices. This includes a native compiler toolchain, a cross compiler and build tooling for package, and the pbuild image building tool.

There are several option to deploy the SDK.

If you use openSUSE Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise, you can deploy the SDK by installing the required packages. You can find the repository suitable for your system in the Geckito:SDK:Mainpool.

A container image that includes the entire tooling is available in the openSUSE container registry. You can install additional software inside a container using Zypper. You can pull the container image on any Linux distribution using Podman or Docker.

To pull the container image with Podman, use the following command:

To start a container and enter the interactive shell, run the command below:

The container can be used with Eclipse IDE. To enable this functionality, install the C/C++ Docker Container Launch Support module via the Help → Install new software menu. Then select the container via Project → Properties → C/C++ Build → Settings → Container Settings. Make sure to enable the Build in container" option and select the Geckito SDK container for building.

The container can be used with MS Visual Code via the Remote - Containers extension.

You can deploy Geckito SDK on Windows using the Windows WSL image. The image includes the required tooling, and further software can be installed inside the container using Zypper. As the image is not yet official signed, you must install it using the following instructions.